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Police: Man Shot Brother Over Home Poker Game

A man from Flint, Michigan reportedly has been accused of killing his brother in the midst of an argument stemming from a home poker game. 44-year-old Andre Moore has been charged with open murder, two counts of felony firearms and felon in possession, MLive reported. His brother, Jeffrey Moore Sr., was apparently caught cheating at […]

Strategy: Hands You Should Be Thinking About

You’ve just gotten home from your third bad session in a row. The whole way home you thought about that hand where you got stacked by the rivered gutshot. Should you have gotten away from it? Did you just throw that last $300 out the window? Maybe you should have bet more on the turn […]

CPPT Palm Beach Kennel Club Offers Players Hotel Discounts

The Card Player Poker Tour will stop at Palm Beach Kennel Club in West Palm Beach, Florida Dec. 5-16 and players wishing to participate in the 9-tournament series can receive hotel discounts at certain properties near the card room. Three hotels, all located within minutes of Palm Beach Kennel Club, will offer players in the […]

Documentary About UB Poker Fraud To Be Released

A documentary about infamous defunct poker site Ultimate Bet will be released on Oct. 22. The film, ultimatebeat, is from Doublehead Pictures and is directed by Scott Bell, who for years has been researching the insider fraud at the former poker site. Here’s a brief synopsis, according to a press release issued Monday: “The story […]

Henrik Johansson Wins WSOP Europe €1k Re-Entry Event

A total of 659 entries where made in event no. 2 at the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe, building a €632,640 prize pool for the €1,100 no-limit hold’em re-entry tournament. After two days of play in the beautiful Casino Barrière d’Enghien-les-Bains the final table of nine was set. The final table action was fast […]

Data: Casinos Depend On Prolific Gamblers

Companies that offer gambling depend on individuals who gamble a lot, and lose big, for an absurd percentage of their profits. We already knew this, but data has come out via the Harvard Medical School and Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment to essentially confirm it. This recent study highlighted that for any given day a gambler could […]

'Rounders' Writer Still Has Movie On His Mind

Despite his newest poker film (Runner, Runner) currently in theaters, Hollywood screenwriter Brian Koppelman is still thinking about his 1998 gem Rounders. In the Twitterverse on Monday, Koppelman said that it was the 17-year anniversary of when he and co-screenwriter David Levien started penning the script to the poker cult classic. 17 years ago today, […]

Station Casinos Executive Steps Down

One of the leaders of the firm that saw its subsidiary offer the first fully legal real-money online poker game in the United States has decided to step down. Station Casinos Executive Vice President Kevin Kelley reportedly resigned last month. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Kelly was an executive at Station Casinos for a […]

Iconic John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino-Resort Sold

John Ascuaga’s Nugget Casino-Resort in Sparks, Nevada has reportedly been sold for an undisclosed amount. The deal will end more than five decades of family ownership and see $50 million worth of new investments made into the classic carpet joint. “John Ascuaga’s Nugget is an iconic property with a rich history in Nevada,” the casino’s […]

Owen Wilson: Harrelson Is Annoying In Cards

Actor Owen Wilson recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to talk about a home poker game in Maui, where he lives, that features some colorful celebrities. One of the regulars is none other than Woody Harrelson, but Wilson told Jimmy Kimmel that the actor is kind of a pain in the ass to deal with […]

Prostitution-Related Charges Against Raymer Dropped

The prostitution-related charges against Greg Raymer in the state of North Carolina have been dropped, according to media reports over the weekend. The poker pro was arrested back in March. Raymer reportedly completed 75 hours of community service. Police said that Raymer responded to an online advertisement posted by undercover police. He was arrested at […]

Capture The Flag: Sebastien Sabic

In the span of just about two years since his screen name “Seb86” appeared on Full Tilt Poker, Sebastien Sabic has become one of online poker’s biggest winners of all time. According to tracking from HighstakesDB, less than 70,000 hands of action have netted him more than $2.5 million in winnings, which is good for […]

Analyzing Snap Decisions Made On The River

The Poker Hand Critic is a brand new series by online pro “gutter23,” one of the top mid-stakes players in the game today, who is featured in an upcoming issue of Card Player Magazine. The Poker Hand Critic will break down a hand, street by street, offering up his analysis on all of the action. […]

Robin Ylitalo Wins 2013 EPT London Main Event

The 2013 European Poker Tour London £5,250 no-limit hold’em main event attracted a field of 604 entrants, building a prize pool of £2,929,400 ($4,675,029 USD). A full week after the main event got underway in the beautiful Grand Connaught Rooms event center the field was narrowed down to just one player: Robin Ylitalo. For the […]

Jackie Glazier Wins 2013 WSOP Europe Ladies Event

For the first time in it’s seven-year history the World Series of Poker Europe featured a gold-bracelet awarding ladies’ no-limit hold’em tournament. A total of 65 players posted the €1,100 buy-in in the kickoff event of the 2013 WSOP-E, building a €62,400 prize pool. After two days of play at the Casino Barrière d’Enghien-les-Bains, the […]

Palm Beach Kennel Club and Foxwoods Set Schedule

Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour is underway with one stop complete and a second stop coming up. Take a look at the weekly happenings and the latest news about the CPPT: Palm Beach Kennel Club will host Player of the Series The Palm Beach Kennel Club will offer players additional incentives to […]

Woman Stiffed On $1-Million Casino Jackpot

A woman who won a $1-million prize in a promotion at an Oregon tribal casino is suing the firm who insured it for stiffing her on her seven-figure payout, according to KGW. In 2012, Beverly Mackey, who currently lives off of disability and social security payments and a small pension, hit the grand prize in […]

Demotion For Military Official In Chip Case

The U.S. nuclear weapons commander who was accused of using phony casino chips in a poker game at a casino in Iowa reportedly was demoted this week by the federal government. The state of Iowa decided earlier not to pursue any criminal charges against 57-year-old Vice Adm. Tim Giardina, even though passing at least $1,500 […]

MGM Found Suitable For License In MD

A subsidiary of MGM Resorts International was found to be suitable for a potential casino license in Maryland. The firm wants to build a casino-resort at National Harbor in Prince George’s County. “We are very pleased with the results of the process in Maryland,” MGM Resorts Chairman and CEO Jim Murren said in a statement […]

Viktor Blom Scores $1.2 Million In A Week

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has had back-to-back strong weeks at the online poker tables to send him back into seven-figures worth of profit on the calendar year, according to HighstakesDB. His heavy action over the past seven days was in heads-up, where he took on a handful of opponents at the nosebleed stakes. Blom was the […]

Tribe Makes Second Push For Massachusetts Casino

A tribal group located in Massachusetts is trying again to make the right moves to develop a casino-resort in the state. The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is seeking the exclusive rights to build a casino in the southern region of the state. Commercial firms, such as Wynn Resorts and Caesars Entertainment Corp., are competing for the […]

Tony G To Run For European Parliament

Poker player Antanas Guoga, a.k.a. Tony G, announced Monday on Facebook that he will be running for a seat in the European Parliament next year via the country of Lithuania. In his more than decade-long poker career, Guoga has racked up $3,648,645 in lifetime tournament earnings. His largest score was in the 2005 European Poker […]

2013 World Series of Poker Europe Begins Friday

The 2013 World Series of Poker Europe, presented by BarrierePoker.fr, kicks off on Friday, October 11th. The seventh annual running of this tournament series boasts a number of exciting changes, including a new venue. This year the WSOPE will take place from Oct. 11th through Oct. 25th at the Casino Barrière d’Enghien-les-Bains, in a suburb […]

Ultimate Poker Championship Series Kicks Off

The Ultimate Poker Championship, open to anyone with an Ultimate Poker account in Nevada, kicks off Thursday, Oct. 10 with the first of 11 events. The series features over $250,000 in guarantees, including a $100,000 guarantee for the $300 buy-in main event on Oct. 20. A number of no-limit hold’em variations are being offered, included […]

CPPT Foxwoods Schedule Announced

The Card Player Poker Tour will head to Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut for an 11-tournament series Feb. 8-17, 2014. The schedule includes a mega-stack semi-turbo no-limit hold’em, Omaha eight-or-better and H.O.R.S.E. tournaments and will peak with a $1,650 no-limit hold’em main event Feb. 14-17. Many of the tournaments will feature guarantees, said Juan […]

Blackjack High Roller Stiffs Casino DJ On $200K

A DJ who was offered $200,000 to play one Bon Jovi song at a Las Vegas nightclub a couple of years ago was reportedly stiffed on his money, and the whole mess is now playing out in Nevada federal court, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The DJ, Deadmau5, had his agent go to collect the […]

Borgata First To Receive New Jersey I-Poker OK

The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa was the first casino in Atlantic City to receive state approval to offer online gambling in late November, the Associated Press reported. That decision — in the form of a permit — came from state regulators on Wednesday. Real-money gambling — table games and slots — will kick off […]

Poker Hand Of The Week: What's Your Play?

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they’ll come up with dozens of different opinions. That’s just the nature of the game. Each week, Card Player will select a […]

Rules Guy: Seeing Other Players Hands At Showdown

Most players learn poker’s explicit rules pretty quickly: the “one-chip rule,” for example, or “verbal declarations are binding.” But not everyone seems to have digested the game’s vast book of unwritten rules, admonitions like “don’t berate other players (particularly bad ones)” or “say ‘nice hand’ even when you mean something entirely different.” Enter “The Rules […]

Poker Pro Gets Tattoo In $550K Prop Bet

Poker pro Jeff Gross has won more than $1.5 million lifetime in poker tournaments, but he just had perhaps his biggest payday ever thanks to a bizarre prop bet. According to fellow poker player Dan Bilzerian, Gross and amateur poker player Bill Perkins — who happens to have a lot of money from the business […]